This book is on the early reader level with few words on a page, it uses a simple theme in the book for students to relate to and only a few silent e words such as rake.
2.Sam and the Waves
3.Check Out These Animals
5.Where can a Hippo Hide?
6. Families to Share
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Trade Books:
1.
Pre-Reading Activity for Here Comes Silent E!
Discuss the following questions with your students before reading the book: Have
you ever heard about silent e before? Do you have any idea what his job in a word is
to do? Do you think there are many words that follow this rule or just a few?
As a class, brainstorm a list of as many words as you can that have the silent e on
the end.
Drop the e(have-having) at the end of a syllable if the ending begins with a vowel. Keep the e(close-closely) when the ending begins with a consonant, has a soft /c/ or /g/ sound, then an “ous” or “able” (peaceable, gorgeous), or if it ends in “ee”, “oe”, or “ye” (freedom, shoeing, eyeing).
Exceptions to the rule: acknowledgment, acreage, argument, awful, duly, judgment, mileage, ninth, noticeable, outrageous, simply, truly, wholly, wisdom Final e Memory Rap
Drop the final e
When adding on an ending
If it starts with a vowel up front.
Keep the final e
When adding on an ending
If it starts with a consonant.
Also keep the e
When you hear soft c or g
Before “able” or “o-u-s”
Mostly keep the e
When the ending is “y-e”,
“e-e”, or even “o-e”. YEO
3. Song
Song Lyrics:
Who can turn a can into a cane? Who can turn a pan into a pane? It’s not too hard to see It’s silent E!
Who can turn a cub into a cube? Who can turn a tub into a tube? It’s elementary For silent E!
He took a pin and turned it into pine. He took a twin and turned him into twine.
Who can turn a cap into a cape? Who can turn a tap into a tape? A little glob becomes a globe instantly, If you just add silent E!
He turned a dam - Alakazam! - into a dame! But my friend Sam stayed just the same.
Who can turn a man into a mane? Who can turn a van into a vane? A little hug becomes huge instantly! Don’t add W, don’t add X, and don’t add Y or Z, Just add silent E! (Bill L)
4. Magazine Article
"Just My Size" this article by Pam Calvert was published in Highlights magazine's March 2003 issue, page no 30-31.
5. Magazine Article
"Goose" by Debra Friedland Katz was published in Highlights magazine's March 2007 issue, page 22-23.
6. Magazine Article
"Ollie's Cake Catastrophe" by Lissa Rovetch was published in Highlights magazine's January 2008 issue, page 22-23.
Children's Literature
Level Readers:
1.How to Rake Leaves
This book is on the early reader level with few words on a page, it uses a simple theme in the book for students to relate to and only a few silent e words such as rake.
2.Sam and the Waves
3.Check Out These Animals
5.Where can a Hippo Hide?
6. Families to Share
Trade Books:
1.
Pre-Reading Activity for Here Comes Silent E!
Discuss the following questions with your students before reading the book: Have
you ever heard about silent e before? Do you have any idea what his job in a word is
to do? Do you think there are many words that follow this rule or just a few?
As a class, brainstorm a list of as many words as you can that have the silent e on
the end.
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5.
Other alternative text:
http://www.songsforteaching.com/intellitunes/silente.php
This is a cool website has all kinds of songs and teaches students with rhyming and songs the use of silent e in most of the words.
1. song
I went from:
fat to fate
hat to hate
and, mat to mate
with a silent e.
man to mane
can to cane
and, plan to plane
with a silent e.
Silent e (It’s quiet!)
Silent e (Just try it!)
Silent e (It’s quiet!)
It makes a vowel say it’s own name.
I went from:
kit to kite
bit to bite
and, sit to site
with a silent e.
Sam to same
Jan to Jane
and, Nat to Nate
with a silent e.
Silent e (It’s quiet!)
Silent e (Just try it!)
Silent e (It’s quiet!)
It makes a vowel say it’s own name.
Silent e (It’s quiet!)
Silent e (Just try it!)
Silent e (It’s quiet!)
It makes a vowel say it’s own name.
Silent e!
2. The rap song
The Silent e Spelling Rule
Check out the rap! The Silent e Spelling Rule
Drop the e (have-having) at the end of a syllable if the ending begins with a vowel. Keep the e(close-closely) when the ending begins with a consonant, has a soft /c/ or /g/ sound, then an “ous” or “able” (peaceable, gorgeous), or if it ends in “ee”, “oe”, or “ye” (freedom, shoeing, eyeing).
Exceptions to the rule: acknowledgment, acreage, argument, awful, duly, judgment, mileage, ninth, noticeable, outrageous, simply, truly, wholly, wisdom
Final e Memory Rap
Drop the final e
When adding on an ending
If it starts with a vowel up front.
Keep the final e
When adding on an ending
If it starts with a consonant.
Also keep the e
When you hear soft c or g
Before “able” or “o-u-s”
Mostly keep the e
When the ending is “y-e”,
“e-e”, or even “o-e”. YEO
3. Song
Who can turn a pan into a pane?
It’s not too hard to see
It’s silent E!
Who can turn a cub into a cube?
Who can turn a tub into a tube?
It’s elementary
For silent E!
He took a pin and turned it into pine.
He took a twin and turned him into twine.
Who can turn a cap into a cape?
Who can turn a tap into a tape?
A little glob becomes a globe instantly,
If you just add silent E!
He turned a dam - Alakazam! - into a dame!
But my friend Sam stayed just the same.
Who can turn a man into a mane?
Who can turn a van into a vane?
A little hug becomes huge instantly!
Don’t add W, don’t add X, and don’t add Y or Z,
Just add silent E! (Bill L)
4. Magazine Article
"Just My Size" this article by Pam Calvert was published in Highlights magazine's March 2003 issue, page no 30-31.
5. Magazine Article
"Goose" by Debra Friedland Katz was published in Highlights magazine's March 2007 issue, page 22-23.6. Magazine Article
"Ollie's Cake Catastrophe" by Lissa Rovetch was published in Highlights magazine's January 2008 issue, page 22-23.